Keeping your sanity

[Moon bunny]

Following on from hover’s and my recent posts in Mundane News, about swing by one arm whilst screeching, which l find relieves the stress of a working day wonderfully, what mindless activity do you indulge in? It mustn’t be competitive.

 

[ColinJ]

I have been getting on my turbo trainer and riding fairly slowly round an imaginary landscape while listening to music. To keep it totally relaxing and uncompetitive I stop all other human and bot riders from being displayed!

 

[Drago]

Beating bad people with a stick used to work wonders for me. Now I have to punch a sack of potatoes instead.

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

I come here, but it doesn't help.

 

[Chris S]

I've been teaching myself Morse code to keep my brain ticking over. It's almost obsolete these days. Radio navigation beacons use it to transmit their call signs and the Royal Navy use it when they want to maintain radio silence but that's about it.

 

[Gwylan]

My mother used to scream whilst breaking coal with a hammer. We had a coal bunker near the house. But no neighbours fortunately.
My father went on extended journeys.
Explains a bit about why I am damaged. You should meet by brother.

I find relief cycling on my own. We are blessed with a lot of generally quiet lanes and tracks.

Or doing the deep breathing exercises I got taught on a french management course. Means I rarely struggle getting sleep, whatever shoot-show is going on around me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Now I have to punch a sack of potatoes instead.

Potatoes or politicians?

 

[EckyH]

My wife used to say: "There's a reason why you're on this side on the other one must do his/her stuff on the other side."

If that doesn't help I try to replace the common cusses with scientific foreign words.

Potatoes or politicians?

Is there a difference other than that one of it usually is some kind of disgusting and the potatoes don't taste well without spices?

E.

 

[steveindenmark]

I've been teaching myself Morse code to keep my brain ticking over. It's almost obsolete these days. Radio navigation beacons use it to transmit their call signs and the Royal Navy use it when they want to maintain radio silence but that's about it.

Is the an app for that?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Beating bad people with a stick used to work wonders for me. Now I have to punch a sack of potatoes instead.

The Police had "more leeway" in those matters in teh old days

I remember when my friend became a copper - my GranDad asked him to come round and he gave him his old truncheon from when he was a copper
It was a beautiful piece of good hardwood - lovingly polished and in great condition
My friend took it to work and showed some of the old timers - it was the same station that my GrandDad has been stationed at and they remembered at least the tales about him

One of the old ones took hold of it and hefted a bit and told him to NEVER take that out on duty
there was a long hole bored down the centre and filled with lead!!

taking it out and hitting someone with it would mean immediate dismissal and criminal charges even in the 1980s

apparently the weight was MUCH higher when they compared it to a standard issue one - even though they looked similar!!!


Funny thing is that my GrandDad was the copper in the area that was considered fair and one of the ones that would NOT beat people up

 

[Reynard]

Splitting firewood with a log maul is very therapeutic. And if someone's pissed me off, I can imagine it's their head what's on the chopping block.

 

[Reynard]

I'll also add that writing is another way of helping me keep my sanity. A totally different exercise from splitting firewood, but one that's equally as satisfying.

As the saying goes, do not annoy a writer, for they will put you in a book and kill you

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Splitting firewood with a log maul is very therapeutic. And if someone's pissed me off, I can imagine it's their head what's on the chopping block.

I do that too, although not to relieve anger.

I find that I end up in an almost zen-like state where time means nothing and I have not a care in the world. It's my favourite form of exercise. Okay, second favourite.

 

[Drago]

Potatoes or politicians?

Same difference, although potatoes are less likely to fiddle their expenses.

 

[Big John]

I go in the garage, close the up-and-over door, put the fan heater on (at this time of the year) and build a bike wheel. Total therapy. I've got endless rims, endless hubs and endless spokes so it costs me nothing except time. All the components are from our scrap pile at the bike charity I volunteer at. We sell them at the charity. It's become a hobby and a great way to relax.